Third and last day in phuket. Instead of the sea, we headed to the forest this time. We drove up north to phang-nga province, which is south of bangkok. Our island safari tour included whitewater rafting, trek to waterfall, fish spa, elephant ride, ATV. For the whitewater rafting, we did level 1&2. The waters were not rapid enough during this time of the year, so the dam was opened to release more water to make the course more exciting. There was a bottleneck along the way as there were too many rafts going down the river at the same time. We experienced sneak attacks from other rafts where the boatman will splash water at us, making us drenched. We then splashed water back at the other rafts. Our guide was quite experienced and he would purposely guide the raft to hit a big rock, then the raft would wobble and spin around. There was a rope in the middle of the raft to hang on for dear life. The 5km course took about 20 minutes to complete and it was freaking fun. A frog jumped onto vicki’s hand halfway and she screamed. Then nearing the end, another guide hooked her lifejacket using a paddle and she fell off the dinghy, luckily the water was not too deep and she climbed back in easily. poor vic, always getting bullied.
We had lunch after the whitewater rafting session. Most of the caucasians took spagetti while we asians took rice as it goes better with the food, thus you can see the difference in tastes. We took a trek to a nearby waterfall after lunch. Although the sign read “prohibit jump off waterfall”, the guide conveniently covered the whole “prohibit” and encouraged us to jump. It was deep enough and there were not many rocks. vic van wh did while I helped them to take pictures and videos. I was still feeling unwell and did not want to get wet again. vic had the best jump, she did a headdive, too bad I was in a rush and did not manage to record her beautiful stunt.
ook here’s the scoreboard:
vic 9/10
wh 7/10 for the shrimp jump
van 6/10 for her don’t know what jump
Next, we travelled about one and a half hours by bus to the elephant camp. We saw elephants, monkey show where they carried out stunts to please the audience. I feel for the animals as I believe that they were treated strictly while undergoing training, and I do not think that animals are bought to entertain us such as bowing down, doing slam dunks or riding a ticycle just for human delight. We also sat on top of an elephant and had an elephant ride. I remember the elephant trying to snatch the banana on my hand with his trunk and when he did not get what he wanted, he blew air up my shorts. gross max and its breath was stinky. I finally rewarded it after the ride. Our guide was very kind enough to help the 4 of us take photo together as it was actually not allowed to use our own cameras and the company was selling our photos at 300 baht (~S$12), very expensive.
We were treated to a fish spa after the elephant ride. Many tiny fishes came to nibble at our feet to remove the dead skin. The otheres squealed due to the tickling effect of the fishes biting their feet, but for me there was not much of a feeling at all, and I felt that the sensation was bearable. My feet became super silky smooth after this. For the last activity, we got to ride the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) across bumpy tracks and muddy pools of waer. It was very fun as each of us had one vehicle and we had full control of it. The girls were bad drivers and crashed into trees, bushes and even laundry along the way.
Our exciting tour came to an end, we washed up, boarded the tour bus which later stopped along the highway where the four of us transferred to a car which sent us to the airport. Bye bye phuket! it was indeed a fun-filled three day holiday
La France et l’Allemagne sont les deux ailes de l’Occident. Qui brise l’une empêche l’autre de voler.
